if you had a lot of money, what would you do?

[premar16]

pay of my debts .help my family, donate to charity and go somewhere nice ,save it for rainyday

[ship1015]

if i had a lot of money i would travel to different places around the world .

[davidh121]

I would travel more, volunteer, donate some money... I think I might also want to become a professional student (at least a few classes here and there). I really doubt I will still be a member on this site too.

[demaina]

Depends what you mean by a lot.  If I had millions or something, then there are a few things I would do.  First, I'd look at how much I needed for my bills and set enough aside banks so the interest would be enough to cover all that.  That way I wouldn't have to work but could do so if I wanted to.

I'd probably give 10K (or whatever the amount you can gift without it being taxed) to help them.  Some of my close friends have huge school loans so I'd hope they'd put the money to that. 

One things I've considered is possibly putting some in the bank and letting it accumulate interest and using the interest to do good things around.  That way it isn't just a one time thing, but something I could do consistently to help.  10K a year might not be a lot, but it could do more good then a one time donation and it would allow me to spread it around.

I'd love to put something together to help people earn a degree.  There was a girl at my school that got out of class at nine and had to go to her third job of the day just to pay for everything.  I'd love to find people like that and maybe pay off their tuition or something.  Charity is an idea, but I'd rather choose who to give the money to.  I have some family members who are getting their tuition paid for through the government and yet they don't even care about the degree.  They only do it so they keep getting free cash so they don't have to work and can smoke.  I'd rather someone who really wants the degree get it for free over someone just doing it for the cash to get cigarettes. 

Doing something for the people in my area would be nice too.  We had a thing at school once where we helped a family in our area get presents for Christmas.  Ours was a mother and son.  He wanted a basketball and another toy.  Her only request was a bed for her son.  I'd love to find people like that and give them something.

The other thing I might do is go to small restaurants and leave like a $50 tip or something.  Maybe go to schools and donate to them.  One that might be fun would be to come back to sites like this and create an offer that required very little work but gave out like $10 or something.

[Marchhare80]

I like the guy who sold everything he had on Ebay, and then used the money to fund amazing life experiences and goals. That's the only investment worth the return! (at least on a personal level.)

[ktheodos]

Seems like paying off loans is a common answer....interesting....same here, then try to help others....i depends on how much is "a lot of money,"...granted, I'm not "wealthy" now, but compared to other countries, I'm pretty well off..

[Onlinedou2]

i would save up for my future.

[ladycasshmere]

If I had alot of monet the first thing I would do is treat mtself and the peole I love to something really nice. Secondly I would start an investment in real estate,a laundrymat, and a daycare. I would also buy me a house. Donate some money to breast cancer.

[MessiahMews]

Help family and individual people with whatever they need.

[InfuseMe1]

well, let's see - can't take it with me...

then I'm gonna have to

SPEND IT!!!

[BaudLight]

Like someone previously said,  it depends on just how much "a lot of money" would be.  If it were enough,  I would pay off all debts, retire, and travel around the country.  If I were like Bill Gates rich,  there are a lot of worthy charities out there that could use some help.

[squirrelgirl44]

I would travel. All the time. I currently travel quite a bit, but I have to cut trips short for child care reasons, work, etc. I'd take my daughter with me and do much more of it.

[SimpleLady]

If I had a lot of money the first thing I would do is make sure my Son was set for the rest of his life.
Then give all my Siblings an equal lump sum to do with as they wish. I would tell them: "This is your inheritance" so use it wisely.
I would then go to the Children's Home in the Smoky Mountains and give what they needed.
After that I would spend the rest of my days trying to help those in need, I mean in REAL need.
I'm sure there would be more things I'd love to do or would end up doing but those are at the top of my list. 

[timandvicky1]

If i came into a lot of money, I would take care of my family first, then possibly donate toward causes like the Humane Society, and Disabled Veterans which would be the only reason I could ever come into money to begin with, Thanks to all you Veterans and military that serve our country every day!!  As far as state, city, NO i wouldn't give them more money to spend!

[brenspencer]

I would help my family. I would also help the aspca I think alot of people are abusing the system like alot of the homeless and all that I was there once and there are people with cell phones and all that I really think if the government cracked down on just letting anyone get help the USA would get back on their feet just my opinion. But I would definately donate to charitable things like kids with cancer, and all that.